All this blather about Trump getting the Nobel Peace Prize misses out key facts - like nominations need to be before January 31 for starts. Not that Trump won't deserve if if peace in Gaza etc holds - but it's one for next year.

Jenrick is a picture of loyalty. But Tory insiders insist Badenoch should be worried The shadow Justice Secretary is a popular draw amid the struggles of the party leader

Nice read here on Jenrick's surface loyalty but leadership jostling from @whazell.bsky.social
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Streeting: I want weight loss pills on the NHS Amid late-stage trials for a tablet equivalent of obesity jabs, Streeting told The i Paper he wanted the NHS to have new treatments 'as quickly as possible'

Nice little scoop here :
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'BritCard' digital ID will be made law for all adults in bid to tackle small boats No10 believes a mandatory ID card system will help stop illegal working

Mandatory digital ID cards could be announced tomorrow:
Good scoop from @chloechaplain.bsky.social

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Ed Davey's strategy for tackling Reform? Destroy the Tories The Lib Dems are being outshone despite a record number of MPs

Ed Davey plan to retake third spot in UK politics (which means overtaking the Tories):
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Labour's Thatcher-lite 'street-fighter' tasked with saving Keir Starmer Hopes are high the new Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will get to grips with migration

Good read this on Shabana Mahmood. Interesting minister. By @arjsingh.bsky.social
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Home Secretary set to target global refugee laws in bid to end small boat crossings The new Home Secretary is setting her sights on the UN Refugee Convention

Mahmood looking at changes/reforms to UN Refugee Convention. Great scoop from @arjsingh.bsky.social

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Labour super-donor Lord Alli evicted young family - then hiked rent by £1,000 a month The Labour peer's eviction of a family with young children from their home in north London would be outlawed from next year under his party's Renters' Rights Bill

Labour donor and buyer-of-clothes for Keir Starmer evicted a family from his rented house and hiked the rent. Top drawer exclusive from Vicky Spratt:

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Peter Mandelson sacked as US ambassador over Jeffrey Epstein relationship Mandelson described convicted paedophile Epstein as his 'best pal'

Three times sacked/resigned. Mandelson brilliant but flawed football manager of politics:
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Sacking Mandelson over Epstein could embarrass Trump - why flustered PM is in a fix New reports of leaked emails have emerged showing Labour grandee supporting Epstein over sex allegations and suggesting he 'fight for early release'

Problem with sacking Mandelson is that it's a judgement on Trump ahead of his second state visit:
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RAF jets could shoot down Russian drones over Poland UK jets patrol skies over Poland on Nato rotation

The RAF was patrolling the skies of Poland until a couple of months ago:
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Reform takes shock 15-point lead over Labour as Farage dreams of winning power Voter frustration at failure to curb small boats 'is fuelling support'

Small boats THE issue:
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'Nuclear priests' could warn future people about waste under the Irish Sea A Wembley-sized hole could be built beneath the Irish sea to store waste

Love the idea of nuclear priests warning people in 25,000 years not to touch the containers:
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Reform in secret talks with civil servants to prepare Farage for power With Reform leading in the polls, Nigel Farage's dreams of becoming the UK’s next prime minister no longer seem so fanciful

PM Farage not as fanciful as it once seemed:
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Loved the book!

haha. Back to the drawing board then!

Portrait of Prince Charles I

I've made him a bit younger:
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Retrato de Carlos I de Inglaterra

Hi @lauracummingart.bsky.social I asked chat GPT to generate the lost Valesquez portrait of Prince Charles - what do you think?

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I know he was the Prince of Darkness but Im not sure he could really come back from the dead..

Dead End Street: Why have these affordable homes been left empty and unfinished? A developer in north London has completed its set of 'luxury homes' – but no longer wants to go on with the work on the other side of the poor door

This is well worth ten minutes of your time. Gets to the heart of why there is such a housing crisis in London

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Revealed: MoD plan to take over UK airports in event of war The move is part of a beefing-up of UK homeland defence, following warnings in the Strategic Defence Review last month that Britain needed to be better prepared for war

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Putin's secret agents are targeting UK ports and airports 'as punishment for Ukraine' The UK has sanctioned 18 named Russian spies

Sanctions seem a bit of a blunt sword to me, but at the same time worrying shadow war going on:
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'The only one who can save Labour': How King of the North Burnham could become PM The Mayor of Greater Manchester has been critical of the Labour government

Deep dive into Burnham and how he could lead the Labour Party is worth a few minutes of your lunch break:

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Reeves blamed for UK inflation bump as NI rise hits food prices Labour MPs are urging action on energy bills

Reeves blamed for inflation hike, as food prices rise:
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Why I hate tech - trying to sign into email have to request a plethora of codes. But I’ve requested too many now so have to try again tomorrow

Covering up secret Afghan scheme bringing 18k asylum seekers to UK 'saved lives' Senior Tory ministers including Rishi Sunak and Lord Cameron have questions to answer, government figures say

Ben Wallace stands by the cover up:
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NHS can be 'bad employer' Wes Streeting admits The Health Secretary has offered an olive branch to striking resident doctors

Wes Streeting makes NHS admission:
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Air con for your home could become part of £7.5k heat-pump grant Unions are calling for revised workplace regulations to take into account hotter temperatures

Bloke who won the Apprentice going to be quids in:

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This is what will happen if the UK suffers a catastrophic power outage Stock up on bottled water, tune into Radio 2 - ministers publish Resilience Action Plan for national emergencies like blackouts

If there's a disaster - tune into radio 2:
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50,000 children will be lifted out of poverty due to welfare reform rebellion Original plans were expected to save £5bn, but will now save nothing

50k children to be lifted out of poverty due to welfare reform rebellion:
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